Recaps

Little Four easily suppressed Ancient Ghost despite the gap in their cultivation, then devoured his soul and most of his body. After overeating, Little Four fell into a deep sleep, and Chen Changming stored him in a Beast Taming Bracelet to keep him safe.

• Ancient Ghost attacked Little Four with a powerful fist, but Little Four passed through the blow unharmed and clung to his arm.
• Little Four covered Ancient Ghost in four-colored light, immobilizing him and overcoming his resistance.
• Little Four pulled Ancient Ghost's divine soul from his body and swallowed it.
• Little Four devoured Ancient Ghost's body until he was too full to continue, then fell asleep.
• Chen Changming placed Little Four in a Beast Taming Bracelet and promised to keep him safe.

Chen Changming and Bi Cang King escaped Ghost Mist Mountain and discussed traveling to the Spirit Realm through spatial nodes, possibly using Realm-Breaking Talismans if the passage had been sealed. Chen Changming set off for Red Luan Province, while the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect arrived to find the formation and canyon deserted.

• Chen Changming stored Ancient Ghost's remaining limbs for the Demon Spirit Vine, and Bi Cang broke through the weakened formation as the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect approached.
• Chen Changming and Bi Cang King fled Ghost Mist Mountain, then parted after he gave her two Ghostface Butterfly wings and she gave him a Great Black Heaven Message Transmission Token.
• Bi Cang told Chen Changming that a spatial node could lead to the Spirit Realm, but the force behind the Silver Moon Heavenly Wolf clan's destruction might have sealed it; Realm-Breaking Talismans could help reopen it.
• Chen Changming changed his appearance, concealed neither his identity as a second-level Spirit Transformation cultivator nor his aura, and headed toward Red Luan Province.
• Li Huayuan and hundreds of Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect Spirit Transformation cultivators arrived at Ghost Mist Mountain and found the Myriad Ghost Baleful Array gone and the canyon deserted.

The Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect investigated the catastrophe in the gorge and began plotting against rival sects’ Saint Spirit Root geniuses. Li Huayuan then urged the sect master to recruit Chen Shan, whose swordsmanship talent he claimed surpassed Ye Xuanji’s, leaving the sect master eager to hear more about him.

• The violet-robed sect master ordered the Law Enforcement Hall to search for the culprit behind the Ghostface Butterflies and Myriad Ghost Baleful Array, and summoned the other nine great sects to meet in seven days.
• The sect master discussed the three Saint Spirit Root geniuses with his core leadership, and Li Huayuan proposed leaking their existence to Devil Dao factions so they would become targets.
• Li Huayuan urged the sect to seek more sword dao geniuses, but a core elder objected that the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect already had many sword cultivators.
• Li Huayuan recommended recruiting Chen Shan, saying he had won the Heaven's Pride Ranking with seventy-two bonded Flying Swords and could rival Saint Spirit Root geniuses.
• When the core elder questioned Chen Shan's modest spiritual roots, Li Huayuan insisted that Chen Shan's achievements surpassed Ye Xuanji's, and the sect master asked to hear more.

Li Huayuan persuaded the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect’s Sect Master to recruit Chen Shan and set off for the Red Luan Immortal Sect. Meanwhile, Ye Xuanji returned to the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and reported the deadly Myriad Ghost Baleful Array, while He Changkong suspected an Ancient Ghost was behind it.

• Li Huayuan praised Chen Shan’s skill in the Sword Dao, alchemy, and beast taming, and argued that he should join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.
• The Sect Master dismissed concerns about offending the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and agreed to offer Chen Shan an elder’s position and top-tier Sword Dao resources.
• Li Huayuan volunteered to persuade Chen Shan and flew toward the Red Luan Immortal Sect.
• Ye Xuanji returned to the Beast Taming Immortal Sect and told He Changkong that a hidden figure had used the Myriad Ghost Baleful Array to kill three experts, while the Realm-Breaking Talisman let him escape.
• He Changkong suspected an Ancient Ghost’s remnant soul had possessed the Ghostface Butterfly and said the ten great sects could unite to destroy it.
• Li Huayuan reached the Red Luan Immortal Sect’s mountain gate, used a private Message Transmission Token, and awaited the arrival of a woman in red.

Li Huayuan visited the Red Luan Immortal Sect to see Nangong Miaoyin and find Chen Shan, then invited Chen Shan to join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect. Chen Changming was stunned by the offer from the elder who had recently fought against him.

• Nangong Miaoyin welcomed Li Huayuan to the Red Luan Immortal Sect and grew jealous when he searched for someone, until he clarified he was looking for a male disciple.
• Li Huayuan explained he wanted to see Chen Shan, and Nangong Miaoyin took him to Cloud-Perching Cave.
• Chen Changming recognized Li Huayuan through his divine sense and became wary, then invited him into the cave abode to speak privately.
• Li Huayuan introduced himself as an elder of the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and offered Chen Changming an elder position if he joined.
• Chen Changming was stunned by Li Huayuan's unexpected invitation.

Chen Changming rejected Li Huayuan’s attempt to recruit him into the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect, while Li Huayuan learned more about Chen’s swordsmanship and decided to seek the Red Luan Immortal Sect master’s help. Later, Lingyue brought ten female disciples to meet Chen as potential dao companions, and Chen recognized Luan Yanling as likely one of Ice Spirit Fairy’s incarnations.

• Chen Changming politely refused Li Huayuan’s offer to join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect and returned to cultivating.
• Li Huayuan told Nangong Miaoyin that Chen had mastered seventy-two bonded Flying Swords and decided the sect master should help persuade Chen to join.
• Lingyue brought Luan Yanling and nine other female disciples to Cloud-Perching Cave as potential dao companions for Chen.
• Chen saw Luan Yanling and, struck by her resemblance to Su Linger and Li Fengling, suspected she was an incarnation of Ice Spirit Fairy.

Chen Changming encountered Luan Yanling at the Red Luan Immortal Sect and wondered whether she had awakened the memories of her true self. Lingyue pressed him to choose a Dao companion, but he insisted that he needed to focus on a breakthrough, while Luan Yanling confessed that he seemed familiar to her.

• Chen Changming recognized Luan Yanling as an avatar of the Ice Spirit Fairy and noticed that she showed no sign of recognizing him.
• Several female disciples openly pursued Chen Changming, and Lingyue explained that the Sect Master had ordered him to choose one as a Dao companion.
• Chen Changming refused, citing his imminent breakthrough, while Lingyue said the companionship could remain nominal and hinted at other forms of intimacy.
• Luan Yanling asked whether Chen Changming liked her and said that his gaze felt familiar, adding that she also felt she had met him before.

Chen Changming rejected Luan Yanling and retreated into his cave, prompting her to seek comfort from her aunt, Elder Ziling. Ziling brought Yanling to confront him, and Chen Changming suspected the white-haired elder might be another incarnation of Ice Spirit Fairy.

• Chen Changming refused Luan Yanling's romantic proposal and activated his cave's defensive array, while Lingyue persuaded the other women to leave him alone for now.
• Luan Yanling, hurt by the public rejection, went to confide in her aunt, Elder Ziling, and described what had happened.
• Elder Ziling blamed Chen Shan for slighting Yanling and decided to confront him, despite Yanling warning that it might ruin her chances with him.
• Elder Ziling concealed Luan Yanling inside her Universe Pagoda and called for Chen Shan outside his cave abode.
• Chen Changming sensed Elder Ziling's sixth-level Spirit Transformation cultivation, noticed her resemblance to Luan Yanling, and wondered if she was another incarnation of Ice Spirit Fairy before stepping outside.

Chen Changming faced Elder Ziling, who blamed him for Luan Yanling’s inability to cultivate and pressed him to accept her as his nominal Dao companion. He refused to commit, while Elder Ziling continued urging him to give Yanling a chance.

• Chen Changming recognized Elder Ziling as another avatar of the Ice Spirit Fairy, while Elder Ziling sensed a faint familiarity with him and considered her plan to escape her true body’s control.
• Elder Ziling accused Chen Changming of upsetting Luan Yanling’s Dao heart and overwhelmed him with her Spirit Transformation Realm aura.
• Luan Yanling secretly urged Elder Ziling to go easy on Chen Changming, and Elder Ziling assured her she would not truly harm him.
• Chen Changming explained that he was devoted to cultivation and apologized for refusing Luan Yanling harshly.
• Elder Ziling proposed that Chen Changming and Luan Yanling become nominal Dao companions, but he objected that they had no feelings for each other.
• Elder Ziling dismissed his concerns about Yanling’s reputation and urged him to give her time to win his affection.

Chen Changming refused Elder Ziling’s demand that he become Dao companions with Luan Yanling and asked Li Zizai to stop arranging matches for him. Elder Ziling then decided to use a soul-bewitching Divine Ability to force the matter, while concealing her deeper plan for Luan Yanling.

• Chen Changming rejected Elder Ziling’s demand and offered an apology and pills instead, but she threatened to withdraw the Red Luan Immortal Sect’s goodwill.
• Elder Ziling left Cloud-Perching Cave with Luan Yanling after Chen Changming stood firm, and he grew wary of her schemes.
• Chen Changming told Li Zizai he did not want a Dao companion, and Li Zizai agreed to tell Qingwan to stop arranging matches.
• At Ziling Cave, Elder Ziling proposed using a soul-bewitching Divine Ability to make Chen Changming appear to have acted on desire with Luan Yanling, so they could claim to be Dao companions.
• Elder Ziling began studying the Divine Ability and reflected that Luan Yanling was an avatar carrying part of her true body’s divine sense, created to preserve her future survival.

Elder Ziling learned that Ice Spirit Fairy’s divine sense avatars had been slain and was ordered to kill Chen Shan, whom she suspected of being connected to them. To avoid risking his plans or exposing himself within the sect, Elder Ziling decided to poison Chen Shan with soul-severing wormwood.

• Elder Ziling planned to raise Luan Yanling’s cultivation so he could transfer his original self’s divine sense into her while preserving his own life and cultivation.
• Ice Spirit Fairy projected herself into Elder Ziling’s sea of consciousness and revealed that two of her avatars had been slain by the same unknown person, leaving her Thousand Illusions Heartless Path incomplete.
• Ice Spirit Fairy ordered Elder Ziling to kill any cultivator who gave him a sense of familiarity, and he identified Chen Shan as someone who might have crossed paths with one of her avatars.
• After Ice Spirit Fairy’s projection vanished, Elder Ziling decided that killing Chen Shan directly could expose him and threaten his plans.
• Elder Ziling chose to poison Chen Shan with soul-severing wormwood, which would slowly drain his vitality and kill him within ten years.

Elder Ziling erased Luan Yanling’s memory of Chen Changming’s rejection and sent her into a century of secluded cultivation before visiting Chen Changming to poison him. Chen Changming saw through her attempt to extort him, forced her to hand over valuable compensation, and then detected and neutralized the poison.

• Elder Ziling decided to erase Luan Yanling’s memory of Chen Changming’s rejection and keep her secluded until the incident was forgotten and Chen Changming’s poison took effect.
• Elder Ziling altered Luan Yanling’s memories, and Luan Yanling returned to her cave abode and sealed herself inside to cultivate for a hundred years.
• Elder Ziling visited Chen Changming at night, lured him into his cave abode, and crushed a vial of Soul-Severing Wormwood poison.
• Chen Changming told Elder Ziling that the Sect Master had forbidden further cultivation-partner arrangements and threatened to report her unless she compensated him.
• Elder Ziling gave Chen Changming a Storage Ring of valuable items and left, and Chen Changming later used the Spring Return Immortal Art to dispel the weakness caused by the poison.

Chen Changming discovered that Elder Ziling had poisoned his cave abode, purged the toxin, and secretly arranged for his original body and clone to cultivate together. Ten years later, Elder Ziling believed Chen Shan had died, but Ice Spirit Fairy revealed she knew about Elder Ziling’s secret clone and ordered her to keep killing anyone who felt familiar.

• Chen Changming identified the toxin in Cloud-Perching Cave as a vitality-eroding poison, neutralized it, and sealed the contaminated air in a bottle.
• Chen Changming deduced that Ice Spirit Fairy had ordered Elder Ziling to kill him, then arranged for his original body and clone to cultivate simultaneously in Cloud-Perching Cave.
• Chen Changming’s original body trained in the Undying Demon Heart Art while his clone cultivated the Golden Origin Unification Art, and ten years passed.
• Elder Ziling assumed Chen Shan had died from the poison and felt relieved that she had completed her task.
• Ice Spirit Fairy contacted Elder Ziling, revealed she knew about Luan Yanling and Elder Ziling’s unauthorized clone, and spared her because she had completed the task.
• Ice Spirit Fairy ordered Elder Ziling to kill anyone who gave her a sense of familiarity, and Elder Ziling vowed to kill rather than let anyone escape.

After ten years of cultivation, Chen Changming greatly increased his strength and his demon pets advanced, then confronted Elder Ziling over her attempt to poison him. He challenged her to a battle, and she proposed they fight in the Long Cloud Mountains.

• Chen Changming strengthened the Undying Demon Heart Art and Slaughter Demon Sword Art, while his demon pets and avatar made major cultivation breakthroughs.
• Chen Changming went to Ziling Cave and confronted Elder Ziling, revealing that he had survived her Soul-Severing Wormwood poison.
• Chen Changming accused Elder Ziling of acting on orders from her true body, Ice Spirit Fairy, and claimed that he was an avatar too.
• Chen Changming challenged Elder Ziling to a decisive battle and suggested the Eagle Ravine Mountains, but she suspected an ambush.
• Elder Ziling used an ancient mirror to learn Chen Changming was a second-layer Spirit Transformation cultivator, then proposed the Long Cloud Mountains instead.

Chen Changming provoked Elder Ziling into revealing details about her cultivation and the Ice Spirit Fairy’s technique as they traveled to the Long Cloud Mountains for their duel. Elder Ziling began considering capturing him and delivering him to her true self for questioning.

• Chen Changming feigned suspicion about the changed duel location, then followed Elder Ziling north toward the Long Cloud Mountains.
• Elder Ziling questioned Chen Changming about his main body, and he claimed it could temporarily raise his cultivation to match or surpass hers.
• Chen Changming threatened that his main body could send other avatars after Elder Ziling, provoking her anger.
• Chen Changming insulted the Ice Spirit Fairy’s technique and coaxed Elder Ziling into naming it the Thousand Illusions Heartless Path.
• Chen Changming claimed his main body had obtained a fragmentary Immortal Realm cultivation technique, prompting Elder Ziling to consider freezing him with the Great Ice Art and handing him over to her true self.

Elder Ziling lured Chen Changming into the Long Cloud Mountains and used the Great Ice Art to freeze him, but he broke free and overwhelmed her attacks. After raising her cultivation and freezing him again, she watched the ice crack around him as he remained confident he could defeat her.

• Elder Ziling led Chen Changming into a secluded canyon in the Long Cloud Mountains, intending to kill him without witnesses.
• Elder Ziling unleashed the Great Ice Art, freezing the canyon and Chen Changming, but he shattered the ice with ease.
• Elder Ziling attacked with ten Ice Spears, but Chen Changming destroyed them and the ice block with a punch.
• Chen Changming charged at Elder Ziling, breaking through her ice walls, so she raised her cultivation to the seventh level and froze him again.
• Elder Ziling formed a barbed ice net around Chen Changming and demanded to know if he could raise his cultivation further, but he replied that he did not need to and began cracking the ice.

Chen Changming killed Elder Ziling after breaking free of his powerful Great Ice Art, but the Ice Spirit Fairy appeared from the blood mist and attacked him. Just as she froze the canyon and prepared to raise her cultivation further, an unknown force escaped from Chen Changming’s body and destroyed her, leaving him unsure what had acted.

• Elder Ziling overdrawed his true spirit divine sense to reach the eighth layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm and trapped Chen Changming in the Great Ice Art.
• Chen Changming shattered the ice with his indestructible demonic heart and punched Elder Ziling apart after the elder ran out of magical power.
• The Ice Spirit Fairy formed from silver particles in the blood mist and confronted Chen Changming over Ziling’s death.
• The Ice Spirit Fairy raised her cultivation and froze the canyon with the Great Ice Art as Chen Changming drew the Slaughter Demon Sword.
• The Universe Pagoda vibrated, and an unknown force emerged from Chen Changming’s body and pierced the Ice Spirit Fairy, causing her to vanish.

Chen Changming escaped Ice Spirit Fairy's attack with the help of a mysterious substance connected to the Beast Taming Immortal Sect's Immortal Pool, then returned to the Red Luan Immortal Sect to cultivate. Ice Spirit Fairy, weakened by the backlash, planned to send another avatar after him, while a black-clad old woman appeared at Listening Luan Cave and Su Qingwan identified her as her master.

• A mysterious power shattered the ice imprisoning Chen Changming and destroyed Ice Spirit Fairy's True Spirit Divine Sense incarnation, though neither Chen Changming nor the Cold Marrow Ice Soul Dragon could identify it.
• Chen Changming suspected that a mysterious substance from the Beast Taming Immortal Sect's Immortal Pool had entered his clone, explaining its rapid cultivation and protecting him from danger.
• Chen Changming returned to Cloud-Perching Cave, assessed Ice Spirit Fairy's limitations, and began cultivating alongside his clone.
• In the Spirit Realm, Ice Spirit Fairy suffered backlash from her failed attack and decided to send an avatar after Chen Changming without revealing its True Spirit Divine Sense.
• A black-clad old woman attacked the formation outside Listening Luan Cave, and Su Qingwan told Li Zizai that the woman was her master, whom he thought had died long ago.

Zhou Zhiling confronted Su Qingwan and Li Zizai over their relationship, sealed Su Qingwan’s cultivation, and temporarily stripped her of the sect master position. Li Zizai and Chen Shan were expelled, while Zhou Zhiling secretly planned to kill Chen Shan after he left the sect.

• Su Qingwan explained that Zhou Zhiling had entered the Longevity Coffin to extend her life and secretly protect the Red Luan Immortal Sect.
• Zhou Zhiling confronted Su Qingwan and Li Zizai, then sealed Su Qingwan’s cultivation when she defended her right to choose a Dao companion.
• Zhou Zhiling declared Su Qingwan unfit to remain sect master and temporarily stripped her of the position; Su Qingwan accepted without objection.
• Li Zizai asked Zhou Zhiling to spare Su Qingwan and offered to leave with Chen Shan, so Zhou Zhiling permanently expelled both men and ordered Su Qingwan to reflect for one month.
• Li Zizai left for Cloud-Perching Cave and secretly reassured Su Qingwan that they could be together later.
• Zhou Zhiling revealed that she intended to kill Chen Shan once he left the sect, fulfilling a task assigned by Ice Spirit Fairy’s true body.

Li Zizai and Chen Changming left the Red Luan Immortal Sect after Zhou Zhiling’s return forced them out, but Zhou Zhiling intercepted them and demanded Chen Changming. As Li Zizai offered her double whatever He Changkong had promised, Chen Changming sensed something familiar about her and asked Li Zizai her name.

• Li Zizai told Chen Changming that Su Qingwan’s master, Zhou Zhiling, would not let them remain in the Red Luan Immortal Sect, so they left for Six Gods Province.
• Chen Changming set aside his sect robes, and Li Zizai took him away on his Longli Vermilion Bird.
• A tenth-layer Spirit Transformation aura intercepted them over a mountain range, and Zhou Zhiling appeared.
• Zhou Zhiling said she had come for Chen Changming and called him a traitor who should be handed over to the Beast Taming Immortal Sect.
• Li Zizai offered Zhou Zhiling double whatever He Changkong had promised her, while Chen Changming asked Li Zizai for her name after finding her strangely familiar.

Chen Changming realized Zhou Zhiling had been sent by Ice Spirit Fairy to kill him, while Li Zizai refused to abandon him and fled toward the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect. Zhou Zhiling caught up and unleashed the Red Dust Hundred Desires Miasma, forcing Li Zizai to reveal his powerful hidden Beasts as the chapter ended with them fighting to escape.

• Chen Changming identified Zhou Zhiling as one of Ice Spirit Fairy’s incarnations and suspected she had emerged from the Longevity Coffin to pursue him.
• Chen Changming urged Li Zizai to leave him behind, but Li Zizai refused and teleported them toward the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.
• Li Zizai told Chen Changming the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect wanted to recruit him for his sword talent and his future role against Ye Xuanji.
• Zhou Zhiling pursued them and cast the Red Dust Hundred Desires Miasma, spreading a desire-bewildering array across their path.
• Li Zizai summoned the Longli Vermilion Bird, the Wind Thunder Golden Roc, and his hidden Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle, then used their attacks and defenses to resist Zhou Zhiling’s miasma.

Li Zizai used his hidden treasures and the Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle to escape Zhou Zhiling while Chen Changming repeatedly healed him. Zhou Zhiling’s Mother-Child Seven Emotions Sword wounded Li Zizai and stirred lust in him, but Chen Changming’s healing light dispelled the effect as they continued toward Northern Yuan Province.

• Li Zizai used the Golden Light Mirror to blast back Zhou Zhiling’s Red Dust Hundred Desires Miasma, then teleported away with the Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle as Chen Changming healed him.
• Zhou Zhiling pursued Li Zizai and attacked through the water-element vortex with a pitch-black sword, but the turtle shell blocked the strike at the cost of injuring the Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle.
• Li Zizai explained that Chen Changming could eventually borrow contracted Beasts’ innate divine abilities by mastering the three great contracts, though doing so consumed spiritual power and risked the Beast’s escape.
• Zhou Zhiling’s hidden child sword pierced Li Zizai’s shoulder and triggered crazed lust, but Chen Changming’s green healing light restored his senses and dispelled the poison.
• Li Zizai continued teleporting toward Northern Yuan Province while Chen Changming healed him and the Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle, and Li Zizai thanked him for preventing the child sword from overcoming him.

Li Zizai and Chen Changming faced Zhou Zhiling as she unleashed her Spirit Treasures and attacked them. Li Zizai’s Red Luan Love-Binding Thread restrained six of her Seven Emotions Nails, but Zhou Zhiling sent the seventh at them.

• Li Zizai contacted his clansman Li Huayuan, hoping to reach the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect for help when they neared Northern Yuan Province.
• Zhou Zhiling saw that Li Zizai had recovered and unleashed the Red Dust Hundred Desires Miasma, the Mother-Child Seven Emotions Sword, and the Seven Emotions Nails, targeting Chen Shan.
• Li Zizai summoned the Longli Vermilion Bird and Wind Thunder Golden Roc, raised defenses with the Golden Light Mirror, the Sea-Suppressing Divine Turtle, a pill, and talismans, but Zhou Zhiling’s sword shattered the turtle’s shell.
• Six Seven Emotions Nails pierced the defenses and flew toward Li Zizai and Chen Changming, but Li Zizai used the Red Luan Love-Binding Thread to bind them.
• Zhou Zhiling recognized the Red Luan Immortal Sect treasure and angrily accused Su Qingwan of giving it to Li Zizai before sending the seventh nail at them.

Li Zizai and Chen Changming fought Zhou Zhiling while fleeing toward Northern Yuan Province, and Li Zizai agreed to let Chen Shan join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect to protect him. As help raced from the sect, Zhou Zhiling caught up with Li Zizai, who prepared to sacrifice the Wind Thunder Golden Roc to survive.

• Chen Changming's mysterious power helped Li Zizai use the Red Luan Love-Binding Thread to restrain all seven Seven Emotions Nails, while the battle injured both Li Zizai and Zhou Zhiling.
• Chen Changming healed Li Zizai, and Li Zizai told Li Huayuan he would let Chen Shan join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect because Zhou Zhiling planned to send him to the Beast Taming Immortal Sect.
• Li Huayuan contacted Sect Master Fan Feichen, who left for Red Luan Province with Qiu Zhenyun to help Chen Shan and Li Zizai.
• Zhou Zhiling caught Li Zizai again, and as he struggled against her, Li Zizai connected himself to the Wind Thunder Golden Roc with a purple Heavenly Lock, alarming Chen Changming.

Li Zizai sacrificed the Wind Thunder Golden Roc to damage Zhou Zhiling’s sword and escape with Chen Changming. They reached Northern Yuan Province, where Li Huayuan arrived and secured Li Zizai’s promise that Chen Changming would join the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.

• Li Zizai ordered the Wind Thunder Golden Roc to self-destruct, damaging Zhou Zhiling’s Mother-Child Seven Emotions Sword and injuring them both.
• Chen Changming used the Spring Return Immortal Art to heal Li Zizai, who teleported away with his remaining Demon Pets and Chen Changming.
• Zhou Zhiling treated her injuries and pursued them, but her healing slowed her teleportation and gave Li Zizai time to flee.
• Li Zizai and Chen Changming crossed into Northern Yuan Province, where Li Huayuan met them.
• Li Huayuan asked Li Zizai to honor his promise, and Li Zizai agreed to make Chen Changming a disciple of the Mountain-Suppressing Sword Sect.